Mateo 12:7

7 Pero si hubierais sabido lo que esto significa: "MISERICORDIA QUIERO Y NO SACRIFICIO", no hubierais condenado a los inocentes.

Mateo 12:7 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 12:7

But if ye had known what this meaneth,
&c,] The passage of Scripture in ( 6:6 )

I will have mercy, and not sacrifice;
of the sense of which, (See Gill on Matthew 9:13)

ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
Our Lord taxes the Pharisees both with ignorance of the Scriptures, in which they pretended to be very knowing, and took upon them to be the interpreters of; and with inhumanity, for condemning innocent persons, the apostles, for rubbing a few ears of corn, for the refreshment of nature; which they would never have done, had they understood the word, and will of God; who prefers acts of humanity, compassion, and mercy, to the observance of rites and ceremonies; or had they the common affections of human nature, and those bowels of compassion which one man ought to show to another.

Mateo 12:7 In-Context

5 ¿O no habéis leído en la ley, que en los días de reposo los sacerdotes en el templo profanan el día de reposo y están sin culpa?

6 Pues os digo que algo mayor que el templo está aquí.

7 Pero si hubierais sabido lo que esto significa: "MISERICORDIA QUIERO Y NO SACRIFICIO", no hubierais condenado a los inocentes.

8 Porque el Hijo del Hombre es Señor del día de reposo.

9 Pasando de allí, entró en la sinagoga de ellos.